 Blood Work 2002  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay
Graciella (Wanda De Jesus) hires retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) to find her sister's killer. McCaleb is indebted to Graciella's family because, two years earlier, he received the transplanted heart of her sister. But does he have the physical strength to solve one more crime?
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Detective 2005 TV, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Arthur Hailey's Detective
Director: David S. Cass Sr.
Cast: Tom Berenger, Annabeth Gish, Rick Gomez, Frank Whaley, J. Karen Thomas, Renee Rizzo, Wanda De Jesus, Cybill Shepherd, Sean O'Bryan, David Atkinson, Thomas Rosales Jr., Charles Durning
While awaiting his execution on death row, serial killer Elroy Doil (Sean O'Bryan) confesses his crimes to police detective Malcolm Ainslie (Tom Berenger) who, in turn, must distinguish between fact and fiction in the confession.
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Downtown 1989  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Richard Benjamin
Cast: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Rick Aiello, Art Evans, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Wanda De Jesus, Francis X. McCarthy, Kimberly Scott
After policeman Alex (Anthony Edwards) tickets a well-connected man in his up-scale suburb, he is reassigned to a dangerous, inner-city precinct. Disgruntled, Alex tries to adapt and is assigned to work with gruff Dennis (Forest Whitaker). As they get to know each other, they become involved in a major drug-ring case.
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Executive Power 1997  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: David L. Corley
Cast: Craig Sheffer, Andrea Roth, John Heard, Joanna Cassidy, William Atherton, Denise Crosby, John Capodice, Wanda De Jesus, Michael Horton, Doug Steindorff, Jerry Trimble, Landon Hall
Secret Service agent Nick Seger (Craig Sheffer) helps U.S. President John Fields (William Atherton) hide a body that would point to a sex scandal in the White House. The deed is done, but now the plan is to silence those who know too much, and Nick is a prime target.
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Flawless 1999 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Miller, Skipp Sudduth, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Nashom Benjamin, Wanda De Jesus, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Chris Bauer, Rory Cochrane
Following a stroke in which he lost his vocal cords, the ultraconservative homophobic Walt Koontz (Robert De Niro) finds that his rehabilitation program involves singing lessons. The problem is not with the lessons; it is the teacher, Rusty (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a drag queen who is particularly prejudiced against close-minded homophobes.
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 Ghosts of Mars 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Jason Statham, Liam Waite, Joanna Cassidy, Wanda De Jesus, Duane Davis, Lobo Sebastian, Richard Centrone, Rosemary Forsyth, Rodney A. Grant, Peter Jason, Doug McGrath
A Martian, intergalactic policewoman Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge), leads a team transporting a killer (Ice Cube) from a mining outpost jail to the capital city for trial. But plans go awry when the team discovers that colonists at the outpost are now possessed by evil Martian ghosts.
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Gold Coast 1997  R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
Director: Peter Weller
Cast: David Caruso, Barry Primus, Marg Helgenberger, Jeff Kober, Wanda De Jesus, Richard Bradford, Rafael Baez, Michael Daves, Fred Weller, Melissa Hickey
Karen DiCilia (Marg Helgenberger) is the wealthy widow of a gangster who set conditions of her inheritance to prevent her involvement with any man. Unaware of the will's provision, an opportunist, Maguire (David Caruso), and a professional killer, Roland Crowe (Jeff Kober), vie for Karen's affection.
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Illegal Tender 2007 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Franc. Reyes
Cast: Rick Gonzalez, Wanda De Jesus, Dania Ramirez, Tego Calderon, Manny Perez, Antonio Ortiz, Jessica Pimentel, Michael Philip Del Rio, Samuel Molina, Delilah Cotto, Rick Sepulveda, D.C. Benny
In 1985, after Millie's (Jessica Pimentel) drug-dealer husband Wilson (Manny Perez) is murdered by drug lord Javier Cordero's (Gary Perez) thugs, she leaves the Bronx with money she has legitimately invested from Wilson's ill-begotten gains. Millie settles down in Connecticut with new baby Wilson, Jr. and, later, his half brother Randy. Now, it is 2007, and Wilson, Jr. (Rick Gonzalez) is an honors student in college but has never wondered about where his mother's money came from. But that changes when the past returns with a vengeance. Wilson is drawn into his parents' past when Millie (now played by Wanda De Jesus) tells him about his father's past, and, together, they face a final showdown with Wilson Sr.'s killer.
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| 1. Blood Work (2002)
2. Detective (2005)
aka: Arthur Hailey's Detective
3. Downtown (1989)
4. Executive Power (1997)
5. Flawless (1999)
6. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
aka: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
7. Gold Coast (1997)
aka: Elmore Leonard's Gold Coast
8. Illegal Tender (2007)
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